Human Flow

11:00 Doors Open

11:30 Human Flow Film Screening

1:50 Livestream Q&A with Ai Weiwei

Free and Open to the Public

Film Description:

Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war in the greatest human displacement since World War II. Human Flow, an epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei, gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration. The documentary elucidates both the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact.

Captured over the course of an eventful year in 23 countries, the film follows a chain of urgent human stories that stretches across the globe in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, France, Greece, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, and Turkey. Human Flow is a witness to its subjects and their desperate search for safety, shelter and justice: from teeming refugee camps to perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders; from dislocation and disillusionment to courage, endurance and adaptation; from the haunting lure of lives left behind to the unknown potential of the future. Human Flow comes at a crucial time when tolerance, compassion and trust are needed more than ever. This visceral work of cinema is a testament to the unassailable human spirit and poses one of the questions that will define this century: Will our global society emerge from fear, isolation, and self-interest and choose a path of openness, freedom, and respect for humanity?

Asking Ai Weiwei a question during the livestream:

We will crowdsource questions before and during the event. Once the film screening begins, audiences should submit their questions through sli.do (an application accessible via smartphone, tablet and computer). We’ll start accepting questions on April 23rd.

How does sli.do work?

Participants create and account and log on to sli.do (https://www.sli.do/) with our event code, shared at the event. They’ll submit a question. The rest of the audience will cast votes for the questions they’d like Ai Weiwei to respond to. The questions receiving the most votes will be given to the moderator to pose to Ai Weiwei. Participants will also be able to comment on the questions on the sli.do event page. We will also use sli.do during the event to poll the audience.

Do I have to pay for sli.do? No

Is there a guarantee that a question from my school will be selected? No